During their half of the inning Longley Academy managed to make two runs, and this was increased by two more at the end of the fourth inning. In the meantime the best Colby Hall could do was to get two hits and bring in one run.
“Hurrah! Four to one in favor of Longley!” shouted one of the students from that academy.
“You’ve got to tighten up, boys!” called out Fred to the members of his school team. “Tighten up and show ’em what you can do!”
The fifth inning passed without a run, and so did the sixth. Then in the seventh Colby Hall managed to pass the home plate twice while Longley Academy scored once. This made the score, Longley Academy 5, Colby Hall 3.
“Oh, Jack, it looks as if Colby Hall might be beaten!” said Ruth anxiously.
“I think they might have a better fellow than Brassy Bangs on third,” put in Fred. “He could have put out that last runner with ease. That run wasn’t deserved at all.” And a number of others who heard this remark agreed with the young captain of Company C.
In the eighth inning Colby Hall made one more run. Then Longley Academy came once more to the bat, and with two men on first and second and two out, the batsman knocked a high fly to center field.
“Scoop it in, Halliday!”
“It’s a dead easy fly!”
“They won’t get any runs this inning!”